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Alvania areolifera

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Species of gastropod

Alvania areolifera
Shell of Alvania areolifera (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Alvania
Species: A. areolifera
Binomial name
Alvania areolifera
(F. Sandberger, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa areolifera F. Sandberger, 1860 (basionym)

Alvania areolifera is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Oligocene strata in Île-de-France, France and in Rupelian strata in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alvania areolifera (F. Sandberger, 1863) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341513 on 2024-02-06
  • Pacaud, J. M. (2019). Remarques taxonomiques et nomenclaturales sur les mollusques gastéropodes du Paléogène de France et description d'espèces nouvelles. Partie 2. Caenogastropoda (partim). Cossmanniana. 21: 101–153.

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Taxon identifiers
Alvania areolifera


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